Thursday, 24 December 2015

Animals Talk on Christmas Eve

They talk.

Once
upon a time I was told that on Christmas Eve rivers flow as wine, trees
blossom into fruit, mountains open and reveal precious jewels and that
the ringing of bells can be heard from the bottom of the sea.

I was also told that on Christmas Eve animals can talk. They talk to one another and have much to say. Animals always talk to one another but humans do not hear them or do not understand. But on Christmas Eve when animals talk we can hear and understand. I do not
know about the rivers and the wine and the mountains and the jewels and
the blossoming trees and the bells ringing at the bottom of the sea but
I do know about the animals. I have heard them talk on Christmas Eve.
These two in particular, the ones in this photograph. Not that they
say much, but they say a few simple words and that is enough.

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